Mail Order Bride (1964 film)

Mail Order Bride
Directed byBurt Kennedy
Screenplay byBurt Kennedy
Based on"Mail Order Bride"
1952 story in The Saturday Evening Post
by Van Cort
Produced byRichard E. Lyons
StarringBuddy Ebsen
Keir Dullea
Lois Nettleton
Warren Oates
CinematographyPaul C. Vogel
Edited byFrank Santillo
Music byGeorge Bassman
Color processMetrocolor
Production
company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 11, 1964 (1964-03-11)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$700,000[1]
Box office$1,250,000 (US/ Canada)[2]

Mail Order Bride is a 1964 American Western comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Buddy Ebsen, Keir Dullea and Lois Nettleton. The screenplay concerns an old man who pressures the wild son of a dead friend into marrying a mail-order bride in an attempt to settle him down.

  1. ^ Hopper, Hedda (February 17, 1964). "Wayne Will Play 'Harm's Way' Role: He'll Portray Adm. Torrey; Ebsen Film Setting Records". Los Angeles Times. p. C16.
  2. ^ "Big Rental Pictures of 1964". Variety. January 6, 1965. p. 39. Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors, not total gross.